C L U M B E L L A 



Species 74. (Mus. Cuming.) 



CoLUMBELLA Pacifica. Col. te-ild acuminato-ovatd, alia, 

 castaneo flammulatd, spird acutd, anfractibus subro- 

 tundatis ; aperturd parvd, labia tenuiculo. 



The Pacific Columbella. Shell acuminately ovate, 

 white, flamed with chestuut, spire sharp, whorls some- 

 what rounded ; aperture smaU, lip rather thia. 



Gaskoin, PrO; Zool. Soc. 



Hab. Galapagos Islands. 



An elegantly acumiuated species, conspicuous, painted 



throughout with chestnut flames upou a smooth white 



ground. 



Species 75. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella pardalina. Col. testd ovald, lavi, alhd, 

 inacuUs retiformibus nigris ornatd, spird brevimculd, 

 anfractibua brevibus, ultimo marjno, ad basin striato ; 

 aperturd subangustd, Jiexuosd, labio medio tumido et 

 denticulato, canali brevi, lata. 



TuE PANTHER Columbella. Shell ovate, smooth, Vvhite, 

 ornamented with black net-like spots, spire rather 

 short, whorls short, the last large, striated at the 

 base ; aperture rather narrow, flexous, lip swollen and 

 denticulated in the middle, canal short, broad. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. x. p. 270. 



Hab. Islandsof Guimaras and Ticao, Philippines; Cuming. 

 The painting of this species is extremely variable in 



pattern, but it is always a brownish-black upon a clear 



white ground. 



Species 7G. (Pig- a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella Duclosiana. Col. testa ovatd, utrinque 

 acuminata, longitudinaliter costellatd, saturate fused, 

 zonis binis pallidioribus ciuctd, interstitiis costarum 

 tranversim striatis, partim Icevigatis ; aperturd latius- 

 culd, JiexKosd, nigricante, utritique denticulatd, labio 

 externa iricrassato, canali breviter acuminato, siibre- 

 Jtexo ; epidermide crassiusculd. 



UucLOs' Columbella. Shell ovate, acuminated at either 

 extremity, longitudinally finely ribbed, dark brown, 

 enciixled with two paler zones, interstices of the ribs 

 finely striated, partially smooth ; aperture rather 

 broad, flexuous, blackish, denticulated on each side, 

 outer lip thickened, canal shortly acuminated, some- 

 what reflected ; epidermis rather thick. 



SowERBY, Thes. Conch, vol. i. p. 113. pi. 36. f. 15, 16. 



Hab. Malacca, Java (found under stones) ; Cumiug. 

 This species is of a distinct typical character, readily 



distinguished from any other of the genus at present 

 known. 



Species 77. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella fabula. Col. testd ovatd, lavi, pallida, 

 varie reticulato-pictd, spird brevi, acutd, aufractibtts 

 medio convexo-tumidis ; aperturd oblongd, labio tenui- 

 culo, supernii subemarginuto, tutus vix denticulato. 



The LITTLE bean Columbella. Shell ovate, smooth, 

 pale, variously reticulately painted, spire short, sharp, 

 whorls convexly swollen in the middle ; aperture ob- 

 long, lip rather thin, slightly notched at the upper 

 part, faintly denticulated witiiin. 



SowERBY, Thes. Conch, vol. i. p. 124. pi. 38. f. 86, 87. 



Columbella Padonosta, Duclos. 



Uab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



A rather lightly convoluted shell, globosely solid in the 



middle, more or less finely reticulated with brown. 



Species 78. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella Australis. Col. testd fusiformi-ohlongd, 

 fulvescente, rufo reticulatd, prope suturas albifasciatd, 

 Tufo maculatd, anfractibus superne impressis, deinde 

 convexis, ultimo sulcato-striato ; aperturd oblongd, den- 

 ticulatd. 



The Australian Columbella. Shell fusiformly ob- 

 long, fulvous, reticulated with red, wbite-banded next 

 the sutures, blotched with red, whorls impressed round 

 the upper part, then convex, the last groove-striated ; 

 apertui-e oblong, denticulated. 



Gaskoin, Pro. Zool. Soc. 



Hab. Sydney (under stones, at low-water). 



This pretty and well-defined species partakes somewhat 



of the characters of the Buccinoid form of Triton. 



Species 79. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella zebra. Col. testd oblongd, subpyramidali, 

 lami, fulvescente, castaneo conspicue strigatd ; aperturd 

 latiusculd, labio iutus subincrassato, vix denticulato. 

 The zebra Columbella. Shell oblong, somewhat py- 

 ramidal, smooth, fulvous, conspicuously striped with 

 chestnut; aperture rather broad. Up slightly thickened 

 within, faintly denticulated. 

 Gray, Sowerby, Thes. Couch, vol. i. p. 127. pi. 38. f. 105. 

 Hab. New Zealand. 



A shell of simple form, void of sculpture, painted longi- 

 tudinally with characteristic chestnut stripes upon a fulvous- 

 white around. 



October, 185S. 



